Non-Domestic Rates: Peterborough

Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which 50 individual hereditaments in the local authority area of Peterborough had the greatest percentage increase in rateable value from the 2005 Rating List to the draft 2010 Rating List; and what the  (a) address and  (b) rateable value in each list was of each.

Barbara Follett: holding answer 9 November 2009
	The following table shows the rateable value on the 2005 Rating List and the draft 2010 Rating List for the 50 individual hereditaments in the local authority area of Peterborough that had the biggest percentage increase between the two lists, as at 29 May 2009. These data are consistent with the consultation document titled: "The transitional arrangements for the non-domestic rating revaluation 2010 in England", published on 8 July 2009. A copy of the consultation document is available at the following link:
	http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/local government/nndrrevaluation2010
	No address information other than postcode is held in the dataset used for the analysis. The address, 2005 list rateable value and 2010 draft list rateable value from the live database for each hereditament in the central and local rating lists are published on the Valuation Office Agency's website. This information is updated weekly:
	http://www.voa.gov.uk/
	The figures are rounded to the nearest 1,000.
	
		
			  £ 
			  Rank  Rateable value on the 2005 ratings list  Rateable value on the draft 2010 ratings list 
			 1 3,000 15,000 
			 2 2,000 9,000 
			 3 7,000 29,000 
			 4 13,000 50,000 
			 5 13,000 50,000 
			 6 2,000 7,000 
			 7 21,000 70,000 
			 8 2,000 5,000 
			 9 1,000 2,000 
			 10 19,000 61,000 
			 11 8,000 25,000 
			 12 5,000 14,000 
			 13 11,000 32,000 
			 14 2,000 5,000 
			 15 2,000 7,000 
			 16 6,000 18,000 
			 17 3,000 8,000 
			 18 (1)500 1,000 
			 19 5,000 13,000 
			 20 3,000 9,000 
			 21 10,000 25,000 
			 22 9,000 23,000 
			 23 5,000 12,000 
			 24 33,000 85,000 
			 25 6,000 15,000 
			 26 9,000 22,000 
			 27 2,000 5,000 
			 28 15,000 38,000 
			 29 22,000 55,000 
			 30 12,000 30,000 
			 31 1,000 1,000 
			 32 (1)500 (1)500 
			 33 7,000 18,000 
			 34 74,000 182,000 
			 35 16,000 38,000 
			 36 4,000 10,000 
			 37 7,000 17,000 
			 38 13,000 30,000 
			 39 3,000 8,000 
			 40 1,000 3,000 
			 41 2,000 4,000 
			 42 1,000 2,000 
			 43 2,000 5,000 
			 44 11,000 26,000 
			 45 5,000 11,000 
			 46 8,000 18,000 
			 47 4,000 8,000 
			 48 24,000 54,000 
			 49 16,000 36,000 
			 50 4,000 10,000 
			 (1) Less than £500. 
		
	
	The five-yearly business rates revaluations make sure each business pays its fair contribution and no more by ensuring the share of the national rates bill paid by any one business reflects changes over time in the value of their property relative to others. The 2010 revaluation will not raise a single extra penny for Government.
	Ratepayers occupying over a million properties—60 per cent. of total properties—will see their business rate liabilities come down as a result of revaluation. The Government intend to put in place a £2 billion relief scheme to limit the impact on the minority with bill increases. This is on top of the wider support available as part of Real Help Now to help ease business pressures including discounted rate bills for small businesses and deferring tax payments.

Non-Domestic Rates: Peterborough

Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the estimated  (a) average rateable value on the (i) 2005 and (ii) draft 2010 Rating List and  (b) percentage change in rateable values between the two lists was for hereditaments in each special category code in the local authority area of Peterborough or nearest comparative local unit of administration.

Barbara Follett: holding answer 9 November 2009
	I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Putney (Justine Greening) earlier today, (PQ 297432) on the rateable value on the 2005 and draft 2010 Rating List.
	I have placed a table of estimates of the percentage change in rateable values by special category code, for the local authority area of Peterborough between the 2005 rating list and the 2010 draft rating list, as at 29 May 2009, in the Library of the House of Commons. These data are consistent with the consultation document titled: "The transitional arrangements for the non-domestic-rating revaluation 2010 in England", published on 8 July 2009. A copy of the consultation document is available at the following link:
	http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/local government/nndrrevaluation2010
	The five-yearly business rates revaluations make sure each business pays its fair contribution and no more by ensuring the share of the national rates bill paid by any one business reflects changes over time in the value of their property relative to others. The 2010 revaluation will not raise a single extra penny for Government.
	Ratepayers occupying over a million properties will see their business rate liabilities come down as a result of revaluation. The Government intend to put in place a £2 billion relief scheme to limit the impact on the minority with bill increases. This is on top of the wider support available to help ease business pressures including discounted rate bills for small businesses and deferring tax payments.